Tobacco product containing a thermo-gelable .beta.-1,3-glucan-type polysaccharide
US4109663A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 7, 1975 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA24B15/14
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A smoking tobacco product, which is produced by incorporating in smoking material a thermo-gelable .beta.-1,3-glucan-type polysaccharide, either as the sole smoking material or as its partial replacement, has improved smoking characteristics such as flavor, taste and irritability, and its smoking material has improved physical properties such as thickness, wet-proof qualities, tensile strength, elongation and filling capacity.
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